Tough Day

Today was rough. Our new daughter continues to do well and is adjusting to her new family, testing limits and doing everything you would expect a 13 year girl to do. She also continues to shine with a God given smile and a beautiful personality. You can’t help but love her. I fully intended to go to work today and try to get everything in order before our trip but with the passing of my dad that just was not to be. I met with my family and we started planning for his funeral. Before I could get there Lisa called to tell me that Deanna had a seizure at school. Her neurologist thinks it is probably the stress of all that is going on. She doesn’t quite understand the new addition to the family and is having trouble grasping what it means when someone dies. We worry about leaving with the possibility of more seizures and adding to her stress but some things we just have to leave in God’s hands. Family in addition to the friends who have volunteered to help care for our twins and grandson while we are in China will be watching her closely. Tomorrow I am taking my mother to visit with one of our pastors at church and discuss some options for my dad’s funeral. I think she feels pressure to do what everyone else wants and is not really doing what she wants. Just pray that she will choose freely and not based on what she thinks will make other family members happy. I also think she wants to start attending church again. This would really be a blessing as they stopped going when I was still in grade school. There is so much to do and so little time. We ended today on a very positive note as we all went to dinner with my mother, brother, nephews and family. It was a great opportunity for our newest addition to be introduced to almost everyone. It was a nice time and now everyone is in bed and resting well. Tomorrow will be another full day and then we leave. I will look forward to continuing to keep you all updated.